Inspired by Kunta Kinte well I thought I’d trace ma roots
Brought up by Auntie Annie I wis Scottish tae ma boots
But I didnae hiv a faither and maw left us when we were wee
So tae remove all doubt I thought I’d find out who wis in ma family tree

Well I didnae hiv a worry when I left ma hame In Troon
Tae head tae Registration Hoose in Edinburgh toon
Things started rather badly though ma faither’s name wis Young
For he’d landed me wi’ the middle name Foo and the Christian name o’ Kung

For ma faither wis a Chinaman an ma mither hailed frae Spain
Ma faither’s maw she wis a squaw an mither’s maw’s a Dane
Their faithers are both Irish, one a catholic frae the Falls
An’ the ither wan’s an orange bam’ who guards Old Derry’s walls

One brither’s Pakistani an’ the ithers an Eskimo
One sister she’s Australian, one a yank frae Idaho
Our usual childhood squabbles soon turned into world wars
Only stopped by Auntie’s sanctions and United Nations Laws

Noo ah’m troubled by religion though I try tae get things right
I go tae kirk on a Sunday morn and tae chapel late at night
I pray when facing Mecca, I’m a Muslim through the week
I’m a Mormon, Jew and a Hindu too it’s enough tae make ye Sikh

But noo I’m multi-ethnic I only work one day in three
‘Cause there’s usually a religious festival or a national holiday
So there’s no need tae feel sorry, I’m as happy as can be
Frae ma family tree it’s plain tae see there’s no English blood in me